" Huyan Lan, you're Phoenix, aren't you?"
Bang!
The wine glass shattered on the ground, spilling its deep red liquid.
Everyone present turned to look at Huyan Lan, whose face was filled with shock.
"Waitress, waiter, we have a broken wine glass, could you please come and fix it?" Jiang Sui, standing nearby, exclaimed in alarm, her face full of concern. " Sister Lan, are you hurt?"
"It's nothing, Suisui, your brother and I have something to discuss. We'll be right back while you all eat and drink."
The corridor leading to the private room.
Huyan Lan pinned Su Hang against the wall, her red eyes gleaming with murderous intent. "How did you know?"
Su Hang said calmly, "After Deputy Hu revealed his identity Mountain Lord, considering the enemies you mentioned to me before, and your fighting style, it's easy to guess that you are Phoenix!"
"Don't play dumb with me!" Huyan Lan grabbed Su Hang's collar with both hands, his eyes red as he growled, "How do you know the details of that bastard Imperial Emperor's pursuit of me? Tell me! Are you a core member of Imperial Crown?"
Su Hang shook his head and said, "I am not a core member of the Imperial Crown."
"No?"
Huyan Lan was stunned, because only the eleven core members of the Imperial Crown knew the details of the Imperial Emperor's pursuit of him!
Suddenly, she recalled Su Hang's opening words, "If we compare Phoenix to a romance character in a 'corner game'... if..."
Huyan Lan loosened her grip. "You've played 'Ghost Game' before?"
Su Hang nodded, his face expressionless, and said, "For some reasons I cannot disclose, I played it for a while."
After a long while.
"A romantic... playing target." Huyan Lan slowly released her grip, her eyes glazed over. " The Imperial Emperor only ever saw me as a target in a game; he never had any real feelings for me?"
Su Hang remained silent.
"Can liking someone... be faked?"
Huyan Lan's shoulders trembled violently as those long-buried sweet memories Flash through her mind like a slideshow.
Good morning, Phoenix! What are you having for breakfast? Good afternoon, Phoenix! Wow, your lunch looks delicious! Good night, Phoenix! Sweet dreams!
"Today is Qixi Festival, Phoenix. I customized an earring for you at DR, and since you don't have the Diaochan Christmas Love Song skin on your account, I'm sending it to you. Log in and claim it."
"Tell me if anything happens, Phoenix. I'm someone you can always rely on. Don't worry, I'll never leave you!"
"The concern is fake, the attention is fake, the promises are fake, everything is fake!"
Hot tears streamed down her face, soaking the back of her hand. Huyan Lan raised her hand to wipe them away, but they just wouldn't stop. "Liar, you're a big liar! You clearly said you would never leave me."
Those long-buried painful memories Flash wildly back.
"I didn't mean to ignore your messages. I saw your good morning, good afternoon, and good night messages, and I was so touched. I feel so happy; I'm the happiest girl in the world."
I like the gift you gave me, I like the special treatment you give me, I like you.
"Please don't leave me, okay? You're the only person in my world now. Please, don't abandon me." [Message sent, but rejected.]
"Stop crying, crying like that will ruin your health."
Seeing Hu Yanlan with tears streaming down his face, so grief-stricken that Huyan Lan was leaning against the wall and vomiting, Su Hang handed him a tissue. If it were ten years ago, he would definitely feel heartache and pain, but now that it was ten years later, his heart was completely unmoved.
He once promised Phoenix would always be with him, but she betrayed him. So, I'm sorry, that promise is null and void.
A short while later.
Huyan Lan, tears streaming down her face, took the tissue and said, "You have no idea how much I liked him back then!"
"So you're admitting you like him now?"
Huyan Lan's eyes were red and swollen, her face streaked with tears, radiating overwhelming killing intent. "I will show him with my actions that those who toy with my feelings will only face death! I will kill him with my own hands!"
Su Hang fell silent.
Huyan Lan was a man of his word. If he said he would kill someone, he really dared to take a large cleaver and kill, even if it meant spending his life in jail.
"It's best not to tell her the truth for now."
As the saying goes, even a rabbit won't eat the grass near its burrow. He really didn't expect that the tomboy he'd been fighting with in the mountains every now and then since he was 8 years old was actually Phoenix from their Imperial Crown Team.
If he had known earlier that Phoenix was Huyan Lan, he certainly wouldn't have tormented her with love. But now it's too late to say anything; what's done is done, and there's nothing to regret.
"Congratulations on winning the King of the Clash Lane, Brother Exalted Emperor!" A congratulatory voice came from behind. Su Hang turned around and saw that it was a member of the Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes Team. The leader was none other than his old friend Huahai!
" Brother Hai, congratulations to you too!" Su Hang said with a smile.
"Hey, what's going on here..." Huahai glanced at Feng, whose face was full of sorrow and whose tears had not yet dried, and then at Su Hang, who seemed completely unaffected. The more she looked, the more it seemed like a scene of a failed confession.
Su Hang said casually, "It's nothing, I just felt a little sad talking to her about old, painful memories."
"Tell me the truth," Huahai whispered, covering her mouth as she leaned closer, "Does your vice-captain, Feng, like you?"
Su Hang remained silent.
"Silence means consent." Huahai winked and said, "Your vice-captain Feng has the looks, the figure, and the gaming skills. Take my advice, seize the opportunity."
Su Hang glanced at her and said, "Do you want me to play dating games with her right now?"
"How can this be called playing a dating game?" Huahai said in astonishment. "There aren't that many cases of love at first sight in the world. Aren't they all about mutual attraction and the gradual development of feelings over time?"
Su Hang said indifferently, "I have no reason to like her now, nor any reason to be liked by her."
Huahai was speechless, but at the same time, he gave a thumbs up in his heart. As expected of the man who was going to bring Captain of the Imperial Crown of the Imperial Emperor, down from his pedestal. He only focuses on his career and never touches love!
Qingrong, standing beside her, watched Feng lick her wounds like a small animal, and couldn't help but think of their Phoenix Crown Captain: "When Mother Huang was hurt by the Imperial Emperor, she must have been in just this much pain."
Just as Qingrong was about to leave, she inadvertently glanced at Feng's ear and saw that the heart-shaped diamond pendant hidden in her hair was exposed as Feng sat on the ground with her knees drawn up and her head buried in her hands.
"These earrings are --"
Qingrong stopped, as if drawn by some magic. He walked towards Feng, bent down and reached out, just about to touch the heart-shaped diamond pendant, when it was unexpectedly knocked away by a large hand with distinct fingers.
Don't touch her!
It is Exalted Emperor.
"Damn it! Qingrong, no matter how pretty or beautiful a girl's earrings are, you can't just touch them!" Huahai dragged Qingrong away, "Brother Exalted Emperor, see you at the competition tomorrow!"
Huahai only felt relieved after pulling Qingrong into the elevator.
"Holy crap! Qingrong, what's wrong with you? Taking advantage of someone in distress to touch that girl! Do you know how terrifying my brother Exalted Emperor's eyes were just now? I felt like he was going to kill you any second!"
Are you even listening to me?
Qingrong frantically pulled out his phone, opened his photo album, and zoomed in on the QQ Zone screenshots he had viewed thousands of times. He examined the heart-shaped diamond pendant closely, inside and out.
The next second.
The phone fell to the ground.
"It's... it's her!"
"Her?" Huahai's face darkened, and he was furious. "Are you out of your mind? Are you even listening to me?"
Qingrong stared blankly, "It really is her!"
"What about her?"
Qingrong's voice trembled as she mechanically turned her head, " Vice Captain of Sovereign Dominion Feng is our captain of the Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes — Phoenix!"
"Ah?"